Turner Prize winner and Firstsite chief honoured by Institute (From Essex County Standard)
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Turner Prize winner and Firstsite chief honoured by Institute
5:20pm Wednesday 26th September 2012 in News By James Cox
Grayson Perry
A TURNER Prize winner, famed for controversial teapots and cross-dressing, is attending a graduation ceremony.
Grayson Perry is set to receive an honorary doctorate at a Colchester Institute ceremony on Saturday, October 6.
The former Braintree College student, 52, won the Turner Prize in 2003 for his ceramic work and has since become a household name.
Founding director of Firstsite, Katherine Wood, will receive an honorary doctorate on Friday, October 5, among business, computing, construction and engineering students.
Full story in Thursday's Gazette.
Comments(9)
fnagwaa
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7:37pm Wed 26 Sep 12
jim_bo
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9:17pm Wed 26 Sep 12
Feisty CBC
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9:25pm Wed 26 Sep 12
meadowlady
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9:56am Thu 27 Sep 12
The REAL Norm
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10:14am Thu 27 Sep 12
meadowlady wrote:Hello Kath. How are you?
I love Firstsite
meadowlady
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11:50am Thu 27 Sep 12
Wrong AGAIN
The REAL Norm
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11:53am Thu 27 Sep 12
meadowlady wrote:Hello Wayne Warner?
the Real (smarta**e) Norm
Wrong AGAIN
sandgronun64
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9:38pm Tue 2 Oct 12
What in?
She will (it is reported be sat among business, construction and engineering students. A commercially in-viable attraction, badly designed, brought in years late and well over budget. What an advert her elevated status will serve to be for these professions!
What is more, the artist she will appear alongside famously masquerades as a woman. Next up then, a woman who for some time masqueraded as a 'business savvy' patron of the arts.
The Irony of this whole affair should (and I am sure will) not be lost on everyone there!
Candidates for Honorary Doctorates must be getting harder to find each year.
The REAL Norm says...
5:37pm Wed 26 Sep 12
Yes, congratulations on Firsts*ite. A great success and a well executed project from start to finish. Thank you for your contribution to the decline of Colchester. Well done on jumping ship and disassociating yourself from the white elephant so quickly.